Malawisaurus dixeyi Haughton 1928 (sauropod)

Reptilia - Saurischia

Alternative combinations: Gigantosaurus dixeyi, Malawisaurus dixei, Tornieria dixeya, Tornieria dixeyi

Full reference: S. H. Haughton. 1928. On some reptilian remains from the Dinosaur Beds of Nyasaland. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa 16:67-75

Belongs to Malawisaurus according to E. M. Gomani 2005

See also Apesteguía 2005, Calvo and González Riga 2003, Calvo et al. 2007, Calvo and Salgado 1996, Campos et al. 2005, Casal and Ibiricu 2010, Castro et al. 2007, Cerda et al. 2015, Chinsamy 1997, Curry Rogers 2005, D'Emic 2012, Díez Díaz et al. 2011, Díez Díaz et al. 2012, Filippi and Garrido 2008, Gallina et al. 2021, García et al. 2010, García et al. 2015, González Riga et al. 2009, Gorscak et al. 2017, Grellet-Tinner et al. 2011, Haughton 1928, Jacobs et al. 1993, Jacobs et al. 1996, Kellner et al. 2006, Kuhn 1939, Lavocat 1954, Lopes and Buchmann 2008, McIntosh 1990, Medeiros et al. 2007, Mocho et al. 2014, Navarrete et al. 2011, Navarro et al. 2022, Prasad and Sahni 1999, Salgado 2003, Salgado and Calvo 1997, Salgado et al. 1997, Silva Junior et al. 2017, Simón et al. 2018, Steel 1970, Stromer 1932, Swinton 1970, Upchurch et al. 2004, Wilson 2002 and Zhang et al. 2009

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: SAM 7405, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Mwakasyunguti, which is in an Aptian fluvial-lacustrine sandstone in the Dinosaur Beds Formation of Malawi.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Malawi (8 collections)

Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence

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